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State comparison · 2025

Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Louisiana vs Pennsylvania

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Postsecondary Business Teachers in Louisiana earn a median of $129,040. In Pennsylvania, $101,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.3% — not 26.8%.

Nominal pay gap
+26.8%
Louisiana vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+40.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Louisiana

Postsecondary Business Teachers

Median
$129,040
p25
$81,690
p75
$176,570
p10
$58,030
p90
$218,880
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
88.2
Hiring velocity (180d)
-57%
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Pennsylvania

Postsecondary Business Teachers

Median
$101,760
p25
$74,100
p75
$150,080
p10
$46,820
p90
$178,670
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
97.6
Hiring velocity (180d)
-6%
See full breakdown for Pennsylvania

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.